#174E62#174E62

#174E62 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.065 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E62
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 98)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, -10.36, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 19.76, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% -0.0448 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.065 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2814, 6.5122, 12.5315)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E62 #622B17

analogous

#176250 #174E62 #172862

triadic

#174E62 #62174E #4E6217

tetradic

#174E62 #501762 #622B17 #286217

square

#174E62 #501762 #622B17 #286217

split-complementary

#174E62 #621728 #625017

monochromatic

#061419 #0B2730 #174E62 #237594 #2E9DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#174E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E62

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E62	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.065 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f8e',
    500: '#174e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e62;
$custom-light: #607f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39799,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E62

secondary

#99553C

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E62

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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